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Show The Salt LakeTribune CALENDAR.Friday,December2, E7 ‘Hay Fever’ Fills Banquet Table With Blissful Delights ®r's’o Fences’ Jumps to11 Million Copies each (the others are Bruce USA TODAY By Nancy Melich Garth Brooks partied big time this week in Nashville celebrating the sale of 11 million copiesof his “No Fences,” the all-time topselling country album It’s also in a race with “The Bodyguard” soundtrack to be the top-selling album of the '90s, with “Bodyguard” reclaiming the lead this week. according to the Recording Industry Association of America. “No Fences” is second. followed by another Brooks release, “Ropin’ the Wind.’ That puts Brooks and Whitney Houston — who dominates “The THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Long before Martha Stewart began ironing doormats, there was Judith Bliss. The loony English hostess did not gnashherteeth over unscented light bulbs or Cornish hens with naked legs. Her style had nothingto do withlace doilies and everything to do with Noel Coward. “Hay Fever” at Pioneer Memorial Theatre is pure Bliss — Coward sophistication deliberately run amok. This free-spirited guide to entertaining just might be the secret to skating through the holidays. Ignore the guests, Judith advises. Let them eat toast and sog- Bodyguard’’ soundtrack — amongthe only fourartists in his- tory to have two of their albums sell more than 10 million copies Springsteen and the Eagles). Brooks, who has sold a total of 42 million albumsin the U.S., is as canny as he is popular. His 18song greatest-hits album, “Garth Brooks: The Hits,” due Dec. 13, will be available for a limited time (not yet specified) to avoid killing the steady sales of his six previous albums. Suggested prices are $15.98 for the CD, $10.98 for the cassette — less than many “superstar” releases (Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's “No Quarter” is $19.98-$14.98). In some stores. the album will be accompanied by a “CD Zoom,” an additional CD that has 30-second snippets of each of the 60 songs on Brooks’ six previous albums. gy haddock — served ona silver platter, of course. Don’t worry about remembering names.Introductions will not be necessary. Ah,if only it were as easy as the charming PTCcast by director John Going makes it seem. They fling themselves onto floral chintz cushions with high- f What all the best stockings are stuffed with! : style abandon, wrists held just so, ce lat adverbs flying. Cigarettes are smoked winsomely, insults offered blithely, French love songs sung throatily. This is three acts of unadulter“ated fluff, 150 minutes to inhale life from the '20s, in the Cookham - countryside, south of London. Though not asfluid as “Private Lives” or “Blithe Spirit” — the first act does drag on a bit — “Hay Fever” is full of customary Cowardindulgence andwitticism. The theatrical grapevine hasit > that Sir Noel based his observa= tions for this bit of sauce on per» sonal experience:a horrific weekend spent at the home of ~ American Laurette chandelier, a fringed shaw] hangs Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of “Hay Fever’ by Noel Coward, continues Fridays at 8 p.m, ofretired stage star Judith Bliss, her author (The Sinful Woman) lopsided from thepiano. This inviting mess wraps per- fectly around the chaotic lifestyle Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m., husband David, aspiring Picasso Mondays through Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., through Dec. 17 at Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 1340 E. 300 son Simon and 19-year-old threat of a daughterSorel. Thereis also Clara, the cigarette-chewing servant who prefers wearing her stockings rolled down from the ets, available at the PMT boxoffice, are $10 to $27. Decorating is by Whim, a name Taylor, pended bird cage rubs against a Catch ‘Fever’ at PMT South, Salt Lake City. Tick- you won't find in the yellow pages. Stuffed bear heads and rocking chairs collect dust in a dark loft, while down below, the sun shines through the solarium windows. Atleast until the downpour hits. Yes, you can see the rain as well as hearit. Assorted known for her acting as well as = herimbibing. At PTC, don’t apologize for 3 missing the first 10 minutesofdialogue. Peter Harrison's magnificent set and Carol Wells-Day’s costumesareso full of fancy, who can bother listening to words whenthe lights go up onthis ca> nary house? pottery from — could it be Greece and Japan? — lines one wall, medieval sconces another. A sus- thigh. Unbeknownst to the others each Bliss has invited a guest to spend the weekendin assorted activities. That's the plot. Nothing complicated, unless youtryto foilow the subtext of “Love’s Whirlwind,” Judith’s comebackplay. The numerous pleasures derived from this silly evening of theater comelargely from the nuances honed by these free-wheel- ing actors. Long-limbed, multitoned Patricia Hodges as Judith is a theatrical flamingo worth pursuing. Max Robinson’s Richard. = CORGaia A Gift Shop & Tea Room At the Eagle Gate 113 E. South Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84111 532-5032 Open Monday thru Saturday Gift Shop Hours Tea Room Hours 10:00 to 5:30 11;30 to 5:00 with a mustache to be envied by all walruses,is stiff-lipped pleasure personified. Allyn Burrows as Simon has a kickback attitude that bursts through his starched pinstripe shirt A delightful Kathleen McCall fills Sorel with schoolgirl frolic and a touch of sophistication as she crosses her gartered legs and wonderswhy she can’t be part of a Reservations Suggested Validated Parking just east of the building in the Elks Parking Terrace. “normal” family. Jerry Lanning gives David the aloofnessof a husband resigned to a world of high drama — he has perfected the fine art of staring into space, while torandos unleash around him. Tall, slinky, sophisticated Myra (Anne Stewart Mark) and short, whiny, hand-wringing Jackie (Joyce Cohen) are morethan decoration in this household, each in her owninimitable way. Margaret Crowell is the servant with the lined forehead and upstart attitude; Dennis Ryan, the suitor with the personality of warm flan Welcome Yule! Mormon Youth Chorus A Festival por Christaas 5 and Symphony :25: presented by the choirs of Brigham Young University CHRISTMAS waeaee Che Lady i Lealeth Al HartmanniThe Salt Lake Tribune Kathleen McCall as Sorel, Max Robinsonas Richardin “Hay Fever” at PMT. University Singers ** Concert Choir CONCERTS University o¢ Utah KUED Concext Chorale *# A Cappella Choir featured artists Oxganist, Kenneth Udy 2 and 3 December 1994 8:00 Festival Brass Ensemble PM. Salt Lake Tabernacle TVworth watching Ie) ea person at esa Cieetclsen) rng ATeco Pay It’s wild, it’s wacky It's The Red Green Show, the comedy hit of the season And tomorrow night Red Green himself (in the middie) hosts seven ofhis favorite episodes live from the KUED studio Laughat this! Tomorrow night from 6:00 to 10:40 p.m. Abxavanel Hall # Salt Lake City No tickets are required, Wednesday, December 7, 8:00 pm but admission is limited to those eight years of ag and older, Tickets available at all Art-Tix outlets (Alkextson’s stores) and the Capitol Theatre Box Office TEXACO-METROPOLITAN OPERA UNEYCONE RADONYPALO 355-2787 A DELTACENTER UPCOMING EVENTS DECEMBER 6 9 10 12 17 28 30 KAREN CHATTERTON/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR December 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, & 16 7:30 P.M. Matinees - December 10 & 17 2:00 P.M. Mount Jordan Middle School, 9360 South 300 East Tickets: $5.30 Adults, $3.20 Children/Senior Citizen Tax included. All performances are for everyone 2 years and older. 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